He made 36 saves and Michael Cammalleri scored on a power play in the first period of Calgary’s 2-0 victory over the Kings on Thursday night.

Kiprusoff has 10 career wins in 1-0 games, and it nearly ended that way until teammate Rene Bourque added an empty-netter with 36 seconds left.

Kiprusoff earned his 30 th career shutout and fourth of the season.

“They were shooting a lot, but most of their shots I saw them and our ‘D’ took care of the rest,” Kiprusoff said. “We knew they wanted to do that – shoot a lot – and I think we were ready and I saw most of the shots.”

The Northwest Division-leading Flames, 3-0-0 against the Kings this season, stopped their four-game winning streak with only their second victory in seven games.

“We have to win some hockey games on the road because our schedule favors road games from here on in, but if we get efforts like we did tonight, we’ll find a way to win on the road,” Flames coach Mike Keenan said. “It’s not always the best looking game, but that’s what you have to do in this league.”

Cammalleri scored his team-leading 29 th goal at 8:58 of the first against his former team. Todd Bertuzzi’s pass across the crease found Cammalleri waiting on the right side and he swiped it in.

“Todd made a pretty exceptional pass. He put the puck on his backhand and then made a saucer pass that landed pretty much on my tape and I just had to put it in,” said Cammalleri, roundly booed on Thursday.

“I think people in L.A. don’t understand the fact that I got traded. I didn’t leave. There is a difference.”

Bourque scored his 19 th goal after the Kings pulled goalie Jonathan Quick for an extra attacker with 1:10 remaining in the third.

The Kings were 0 for 6 on the power play and outshot Calgary 36-20. Of the Kings’ 20 players, all but Peter Harrold had a shot.

Quick made 18 saves.

“Those are games you have to find a way to win,” Kings coach Terry Murray said. “You’re making a push for the playoffs and a win puts you one point over that threshold.”

The Kings were 7-1-0 in their previous eight games, but lost for the eighth time in 11 games at Staples Center. The Kings were shut out for the first time since a 4-0 loss against Detroit on Jan. 15.

“We played a fairly solid game coming back home against a tough team,” Kings center Jarret Stoll said. “We outplayed them for a good portion of the game.”